Box-car.



W. P. BETTBNDORF.

BOX OAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23,1908.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

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P. BETTENDORP.

BOX OAR.

APPLICATION rum) MAY as, 1908.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

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W. P. BETTENDORF.

BOX OAR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 23,1908.

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W. P. BETTENDORP.

BOX UAR.

APPLICATION IILBD MAY as, 1908.

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i resident of cars general can easily an scri the claims.

WILLIAM r. BEITTENDORF, or :enr'rnnnonr, IOWA.

Box-can.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 23, 1908. Serial No. 434,671.

To all whom it may concern.

'Be' it known that I, WILLIAM P. Barrannonr, a citizen of the United States, and a Bettendorf, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box- Cars, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description. I

. My invention relates to railway carbodies, and particular to the class-of freight y known'as box cars.

The object of my rolled beams of conventlonal shapes predominate.

sodispose of, the metal elements of the body .-'that injury toone element will not necessarily affect the integrity of the others, and so that the ingured or incapacitated element quickly be replaced.

Another object of enable the interior of the car to be lined with wood strips that can be secured in'place easily and quickly, and without the em loyrn'ent of much la or, and yet another oliject 1s-to provide a car the exterior of which will not present exposed rivet-heads and nuts 'where'they are likely, while in transit, to

interfere with colliding objects. This I accomplish by'the means hereinafter fully debed, and as particularly pointed out in In the drawin s z+Fi ure 1 is a side elevatioh of one-ha f of a ox car embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal central section'through one-half of such a box taken, on dotted line 33, Fig. 1.

the

car. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of the lower art' of said car taken on dotted line 4-1, I i'g. 1, drawn to a slightly larger scale. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one end portion of underframe of said car with the floor removed. Fig. 61s. a fragmentary new show- .ing a vertical transverse section throu h one si e bolsters B, of a single I-beam and of the car-body, and drawn to a arger scale than that shown in Fig. 3. Figs. 7, 8,

.9, 10 and 11 are fragmentary views, illustrating details of construction of the same.

In the drawings A represents a center-sill, preferably consisting, between the bodyprovided with parallel cast metal end-extensions a, a,

to whlch the ends of the single I-beam portion' are suitably secured,-and which arch invention is to produceta metal car-body in the construction of which sheet metal an my invention is to shell edge of saidside-slll, and tie extension 0 the car is made of over the body-bolster and have their opposite ends secured to the end-sills C. The end-sills Care, preferably, made of a suitable channel-beam the flanged ed es of which project inward, and the side-si Is 0, c are, preferably, made ofchannel-beams 0f the same dimensions as the tend-sills the flanges of which project inward. Near the corners of the car the end-sill and side-sills are connected by a diagonal cornerlate 03, the center of. which is connected y a brace center thereof to the rear portions of the parallel extensions a of the center-sill, adacent to the body-bolster, as shown.

In do not employ osts and rivets in the construction of the Framework of my improved car, but instead use a series of transverse arches that consist of I-beams E that are arranged so that their webs are in a transverse plane and are secured at each end to the'side-sil s c and have their vertical portions form the frame-work for the sidewalls and their arched ortion .form the frame-work of the roof 0 the car. At each end these arch-beams E have their inner flan es and web thereof cutaway, and the der thus made restsu on the upper formed by the outer flange, laps against the outer surface of and is riveted to the web of the side-sills 0. These arched-beams E are, preferably, located at 'equal distances apart throughout thelength of the car, and the sheathing of the side-walls and roof of sheet metal plates F, extend in one piece between the arched beams, from side-sill to side-sill of the car and have their end edges flanged inward and riveted to the upper edges of the same. f of these plates F are flanged inward, and the distance between the outer surface of these flan es f correspond to the distance between tfie transversely disposed webs of the arched-beams, to which latter said flanges are secured by rivets or belts, or otherwise, at suitable points along their lengths. Should it become desirable or necessary to use sheathing plates F of less length than the arch-beams, the transverse engaging edges f of thesections of said plate can be flanged inward, preferably to the same, extent as flanges f, and secured together by riveting, or otherwise, substantially as shown in Fig. 11 of the drawings.

which, preferably,

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D, extending at right angles from the The longitudinal edges States granted to me-October 25, 1898, No.

1 29,545, for design for rolled metal beams,

which are 'bent transversely throughout their. lengths so as to bring the flanges g, g,

- in the manner hereinbefore to the transverse flanges thereof, in planes at right an'les to each other, or one parallel to the ongitudinal plane of the car and the other parallel to the transverse plane of the car, so stantially as shownin Figs. 5 and 7 of the drawings. These corner arch-beams have the flanges gand 9 stripped back from their ends for a certain distance, and the web of the corner arch-beams, thus stripped is secured, onehalf to the web of the ends of the side-sills,

and the other to the web of the'ends of the end-sill. The ends of said flanges g and 9' form shoulders that restupon the upper edges of said side-sill and end-sill, substantially as shown. Aplate F is secured to the g of the corner archbeam, and to the E, nearest the end of the car} substantially described, and it will be noticed, that the space between the flanges g, and g of said corner arch-beam,

permits of the F being riveted thereto, in a convement and practical manner without the necessity of disturbing or removing said corner archbeam. H

The end-wall of my improved car, is made in substantially the same way as the sidewalls thereof, excepting that I use I-beam posts it, the lower ends of which have their inner flanges and necks removed, so as to leave only their outer flanges to form extensions h similar to extensions e of the ends of the intermediate arch-beams E, that are secured to the outer surface of the webs of the end-sills i and hav'ethe ends'of their shortened webs and innerflan es restupon the end-sills. The upper ends- 0 these posts it alsoihavetheir inner flanges and webs outer flange thereofriveted to the depending edges of the" arch of the corner archbeam. 'hin constructing the. end-walls of the-car, and to so position them'that I can employ a sheet metal plate I of the same width and construction as the sheathing plate F, between thevertical portions of the cornerarch-beams, and posts it, and to employ a wider plate J- between said posts. These lates I and J of the end-walls have their ower edges j-fianged inward, and secured rapper flange of the end-sill ,O, and their si e-flanges riveted to the longitudinally disposed flange-g of the vertical portion of the corner arch-beam and the web of posts It, and the upper edges of these plates are cut to correspond to the curvature and provide corner web of the arch beam 1 past the opposite flanged edge f of'saidplate gitudinal edges, shortened, and the.

I prefer touse but two of these posts contact wlth when the car is stairs incline of the roof, and are also flanged and riveted to the flange g of the said corner. arch-beam;

At about the center walls of the car are removed to form a corway, and a longitudinalplate J i for the arch of the door is. provided, which consists preferably, of which are riveted or bolted to the lower edges of. the short vertical portion of plates F, and have the outer portion of their webs bent downward, and then inward to form runways j for of the door K. These doors are; preferably,

made of one plate of sheet metal, and their lower edges are bent back u on the body thereof to stiffen the same, an they are likewise stiflened and strengthened by an X- shaped embossment K, the branches of which are, preferably, made taperin from their'point of intersection to their en s substantially ings. The T-beam plate J one vertical edge of the doorway, to and vertical edge thereof, a distance corresponding to about twice the width of said doorway, to K to slide far enough to open the doorway its entire width. The lower edge of the door .is confined by a suitable upturned bracket Z hich is located and. secured to the side-sill, below the center ofof conventional shape,

length of the runway.

I prefer to line the side-walls of the car with-short planks or boards L, of a len th of a suitable T-beam, the flanges.

as shown in Fig. 14 of the rawextends from of the car the side- 1 the rollers of the hangers k permit the door corresponding to a little less than the istance between the transverse 'webs of the arch-beams. In order to insert these planks between the arch-beams, sothat their ends will be confined by the flanges of the beams, they dotted lines then placed between said beams and made to resume a horizontal position" provide these planks with over-lapping lonand to provide ,a triangular base-strip m for the lowermost plank to rest upon, substantially as shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings. When the lining of the side! walls of the car arethus built up, the planks formin the same are-' -secured by riveting every ourth or fifth one of each tiervby means. of bolts 19 which latter extend out; ward through the metal sheathing and have their outer ends 01' heads seated in vertical grooves N 'madein said sheathing, substan-- Fig. 1 of the drawingsg These grooves not only stiffen the plates F forming tially as shown in the sheathing of the side-walls of the car, and protect the outer ends of the bolts or rivets or abrading the objects they may .come in k in motion, but bear inward against and keep the lining planks Lbearing tight against the inner are inclined, substantially as shown in a .in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and

I- prefer to r so as to prevent them tearing flange 'of the vertical portions of the 'arch-. beams and prevent looseness of the same.

- The rungs M of the ladder at the-ends of the car, are riveted to the end side-plate of the sheathing in the usual manner, and the running-board O of the car is supported and secured' to the middle of the arch of the roof' by means of suitable latforms [which "are, preferably, secured to t e top of the arch-beams, substantially as shown in the drawings.

The floor of tha-car is made of transverse planks P, the ends of. which rest j upon and vare secured to the flanged 1 car-body,

R, substantially as shown in the drawings.

What I claimas new is v 1. A car-body comprising a frame-work having a series of flanged transverse archbeams extending ,from side to side of the their side edges secured to the webs of said arch-beams and forming theside-walls and roof of the car.

2. A car-body comprising a frame-work having a series of flanged. t-ransverse'metal arch-beams extending from side to side of of the car.

, same,

7 the carbody, an sheet metal-plates secured between and riveted to the webs of said beams and extending coterminous with the same, and forming the side-walls and roof 3. A car-body comprising a frame-work having. a series of I-beam arches extending from side to side ofthe car, and sheet metal plates secured between and riveted to said beams and extending; coterminous with the nd forming, theside-walls' and roof of'the car. 1

continuously .from- 4.. A'car-body comprising a frame-work having a series-of I-beam arches extending from side to side of the car, and sheet-metal plates the lon 'tudinal ed es of which are flanged inwar and riveted to the webs of said beams, said plates extending coterminous. with the I-beamsand forming the side walls and roof of the car.

5. A car-body comprisin metallic endsills, side-sills and center-si s, rolled metal .beam's secured at their ends to and extending side-sill to side-sill and forming'the frame-work for the side-walls and roof of the.'car, and sheet metal plates placed between said rolled'metal-beams' and secured to thewebs thereof.

' 6. A car-body comprising metallic endsills, side-sills, and center-sills, metal I- ..beams having their inner'flanges and Web removed from the end portions thereof and the resulting extended end portion of their and sheet metal plates "having web arch-beams, the ends 'of'whic sheet metal said Y I-beams.

plates secured to and between t 7. A car-body comprising metal-si ls, a

frame-work havmg a series of' *I- eam arches extending from side to side of the car, and sheet metal-' plates having their and ed es flanged and secnredto the side-sills -.an the longitudinal edges thereof flanged inward ,and riveted to the webs of beams, said plates extending coterminous with the .I-beams and forming 'the side-walls and roof of the car. 4

8. A car-body comprising aframe-work said having metallic sills, end arch-frames consisting'of a rolled.metal beam havinga flat web, and two flanges projecting inthe same direction therefrom parallel to but short distances removed from its longitudinal edges, which metal versely 'thnoughout its length and connects the corners of t sheet metal lates and arch-beams forming the side-wallg and roof of said car.

9. A car-body comprising a frame-work having metallic sills, end arch-frames con: sisting of a rolled metal beam having a-flat and two flanges projecting in the same direction therefrom parallel to but shortdistances removed from its longitudinal edges, which metal beam is bent trans versely throughout its len h and connects thecorners of the end an side-sills, posts connectin the end-sills and overarching portion 0 'said end arch frame, and sheet beam is bent translfemnd and side-sills, and

metal plates secured to and between said lates andarch-beams posts, and sheet metal s and roof of said forming the side-wal car.

10; A car-body comprising a frame-work having.metallic sills, end arch-frames consisting of a rolled metal beam having a flat web, and two flanges projecting in the same direction therefrom parallel to but short distances removed from its longitudinal edges, .which metal beam is bent transversely throughout its length-and connects the corners of the end and side-sills, I- beam arching portion of sald end arch-frame, and sleet metal plates having their vertical e ges said posts and the longitudinally disposed flange of the end archframe, and sheet metal plates and arch-beams forming the sidewalls and roof of said car.

11. A car-body comprisin are connected to the side-sills, sheet metal plates secured to and .between'said arch-beams having vertically elongated depressions in the outer surfaces thereof, lining stri s secured to the inner surface of said p ates, and rivets therefor the heads of the outer ends of posts connecting the end-sills and overflanged and riveted to the webs of metallic" sills, K

12. A car-body comprising metallic sills, I-bealn arches the ends of which are connected to the side-sills, sheet metal plates secured to and between said arches having verf tically elongated depressions in-the enter 7 surface thereof, lining strips the ends of which are inserted between the flanges of said l-beam arches," and rivets for securing theji'same to ,said outer ends of which are seated in said de-' pressions.

13. A car-body comprising metallic sills, I-beam arches, the ends of which are connected to the side-sills, sheet metal plates having their longitudinal edges flanged inward and secured to said arches between the flanges thereof, and having vertically elona series of Lbeam are connected to gated depressions in the outer surface of the same, lining strips-the ends of which are confined between the flanges of said I-beam arches, and rivets for-securing said strips to the inner surface of said plates, the heads on theouter ends of which are seated in said depressions. r 14. A car-body comprising metallic-sills, arches, the ends of which the side-sills, sheet metal plates secured to andbetween said X-beam arches, lining strips the ends of which are confined between the flanges of said I-beam arches, and means for securing the same to i said plates.

' the ends of 15. A car-body comprising metallic-sills, a frame-work, a series of transversely arranged metallic arches extending'from side? sill to slde-sill, and sheet metal plates secured to the webs of said arches, and form- -ing the side-wallsand roof of the car, the

former of hich is provided mediate the ends of the car with a doorway, and hori- .zontally' disposed flanged metal beams form- I ing the arch of said "doorways, metal arches which terminate atsaid plates,

plates, the heads on the beams extending car, and sheet metal plates having inwardly seams.

' and sheet metal plates connecting said last "mentioned-arches and forming the roof of the car above the doorways.

16. A car-body compnsing a beams extending from side toside of the car,'and sheet metal plates having inwardly flanged edges that are secured to the webs of said arch-beams and form the side-walls and roof of the car. 7

17.A car-body comprising a frame-work having a series .of' flanged transverse archbeams extending from side to side of the car, and sheet metal plates having inwardly flanged edges secured to the webs of said arch-beams and with the outer flanges of said arch-beams lapping against their outer 18. A car-bodycomprising a frame-work having a series of flanged transverse archbeams extending from side to side of the car, and sheet metal plates. having inwardly flanged edges that are secured by means that frame-work having a series offlanged transverse arch-r penetrate the inwardly flanged edges of the adjacent plates beams engaged thereby.

19. A car-body comprising a frame-work G; S. Tnomrson, E. K. LUNDY.

and the websof the archarch- H 

